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Ludwig Van Rncm Strings Weekend Saturday 16 – Sunday 17 March LUDWIG VAN RNCM STRINGS WEEKEND /rncmvoice /rncmlive Box Office 0161 907 5555 www.rncm.ac.uk/stringsweekend WELcome… …to the RNCM Strings Weekend, which this year forms part of the RNCM’s Ludwig van season, an eight month festival dedicated to the music and legacy of Beethoven, running through to June 2013. This year’s Strings Weekend presents the unparalleled opportunity to hear all of Beethoven’s ten violin sonatas, as well as his five cello sonatas, featuring performances from RNCM students, alumni, tutors and special guests. Unlike many other genres, nine of the composer’s violin sonatas were written in just six years between 1797 and 1803, and yet the transformation of this genre even in this strikingly short period of his life is unmistakable. We are particularly delighted to welcome the French violinist Olivier Charlier who is in residence over the weekend, giving a masterclass on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, as well as performing two of the ten violin sonatas. Alongside these performances are lectures by the editor and Beethoven authority Jonathan Del Mar and the violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved. We also welcome the bow maker Peter Oxley who gives an illustrated talk on Sunday morning, while a comprehensive exhibition featuring the UK’s leading luthiers and bow makers will be on display throughout the weekend. We hope you will join us for this unique exploration of Beethoven’s string sonatas, and look forward to welcoming you to the RNCM. Chris Hoyle artistic director SATURDAY 16 MARCH 10.30am RNCM Concert Hall 3pm RNCM Concert Hall Rosemary Attree and Yelian He Violin Masterclass with Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 6 Olivier Charlier in A major Op 30 No 1 Olivier Charlier works with RNCM students Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No 1 on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. in F major Op 5 No 1 Tickets £6 Rosemary Attree violin Yelian He cello Daniel Browell, Yasmin Rowe piano 5.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Tickets £6 Ruth Gibson, Svetlana Mochalova and Bing Xiang 11.30am Carole Nash Recital Room Ludwig van Beethoven Duo for viola and cello in E flat major WoO 32 ‘Eyeglass’ Editing Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas Ludwig van Beethoven Notturno in D major for with Jonathan Del Mar viola and piano Op 42 Jonathan Del Mar, the editor of the Bärenreiter Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 3 Urtext edition of Beethoven’s cello sonatas, in E flat major Op 12 No 3 responds to questions raised by RNCM Bing Xiang violin students in this interactive session. Ruth Gibson viola Tickets £6 Svetlana Mochalova cello Antoine Françoise, Ellena Hale piano Tickets £6 1.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Joris van den Berg 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall and Olivier Charlier RNCM String Ensemble Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No 3 in A major Op 69 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quintet Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor Op 104 in C minor Op 30 No 2 Ludwig van Beethoven (arr Mahler) String Quartet in F major Op 95 (arranged for string orchestra) Olivier Charlier violin Joris van den Berg cello Solem Quartet with Charlotte Daw Martijn Willers, Jeremy Young piano RNCM String Ensemble Levon Chilingirian conductor Tickets £6 Tickets £12 SUNDAY 17 MARCH 10.30am RNCM Concert Hall 2.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Leland Chen and Ami Oike Cello Masterclass Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 1 with Karine Georgian in D major Op 12 No 1 Three Stages of a Creative Life Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 2 Karine Georgian works with RNCM students on in A major Op 12 No 2 a selection of Beethoven’s five cello sonatas. Leland Chen, Ami Oike violin Tickets £6 Jonathan Scott, Ben Powell piano Tickets £6 2.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Beethoven Explored: Opening 11.30am Carole Nash Recital Room the Composer’s Workshop Revolutionary Bow Making Lecture Recital with Peter Sheppard Skærved Lecture Demonstration with Peter Oxley Beethoven began his working life as a professional Peter Oxley discusses the art of bow making in violist in Bonn, working alongside Anton Reicha Beethoven’s lifetime, with special reference to and the Rombergs. Upon arriving in Vienna in the groundbreaking work of François Tourte. 1792, he continued to collaborate with a team of string players. Peter Sheppard Skærved explores Tickets £6 this process, how it is reflected in his output, and how we might reflect it in our performance 1.30pm RNCM Concert Hall of work from this period. Music will include works by Beethoven, Franz Clement, Josef Sophie Rosa and Philip Higham Mayseder, Andreas Romberg and Anton Reicha. Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 8 Tickets £6 in G major Op 30 No 3 Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No 5 in D major Op 102 No 2 Sophie Rosa violin Philip Higham cello Elena Nemtsova, Jeremy Young piano Tickets £6 5pm Carole Nash Recital Room Kana Ohashi and Caroline Pether Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 4 in A minor Op 23 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 5 in F major Op 24 Kana Ohashi, Caroline Pether violin Ellena Hale, James Vaughan piano Tickets £6 7pm RNCM Concert Hall Olivier Charlier, Levon Chilingirian, Hannah Roberts and Mikhail Nemtsov Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 10 in G major Op 96 Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 5 No 2 Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No 4 in C major Op 102 No 1 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No 9 in A major Op 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Olivier Charlier, Levon Chilingirian violin Hannah Roberts, Mikhail Nemtsov cello Elena Nemtsova, Simon Parkin, Ben Powell, Jonathan Scott piano Tickets £17 £14 BOOKING HOW TO FIND US Weekend Ticket £60 The RNCM is situated 1 mile south of Saturday Day Ticket £35 Manchester city centre, in the heart of the Sunday Day Ticket £37 Education Quarter, on the corner of Oxford Road and Booth Street West. 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